Motorcyle and Biker Ride Reports and General Info

I must admit that I am a spoiled biker when it comes to be able to do good motorcycle rides. Living in the Southern California presents me with opportunities to do some of the best local motorcycle riding in the world without having to travel too far. Nonetheless, there are times when you just want to get on your motorcycle and take off on a long distance run.

My fiancé and I love to take off on out of town motorcycle trips whenever possible. She is a free spirit and will literally be packed up and suited up for a ride on a moments notice. She loves to ride shotgun on the back of my motorcycle and has literally ridden over 100k miles with me over the years. Not to brag, but my friends and brothers only wish that they had old ladies that wanted to ride like my old lady.

One Thursday during the summer, at around 5:00pm, I asked her if she had ever been to the Grand Canyon; she said no. I asked her if she wanted to take off that night on a little motorcycle run to the Grand Canyon. Her eyes lit up, she gave me that smile of hers, and I already knew the answer. (YES OF COURSE) I told her that to beat the heat in the California Mohave Desert, and the Arizona Desert, it would be better if we took off around midnight or 1:00am.

Before I get into the story of this particular motorcycle run to the Grand Canyon, I wanted to mention briefly that there are basically 3 types of motorcycle runs at least for me. One type of run is where I just take off on my motorcycle alone, and ride wherever I want. The second type of run is where I ride with my old lady (fiancée) on the back (shotgun) of my motorcycle and we take off on a run to wherever. (It is not the destination that counts; it’s the ride that matters!) The third type of run is where I roll on my motorcycle with my friends or brothers who also have their own motorcycles. (Group run)

Not that I do not love rolling in a pack with my friends and brothers, or even alone, however, my favorite runs of all are when my old lady and I just take off and do our own thing! There is no pressure and we can do what we want without having to accommodate a group of motorcycle riders. The best part of all is that can find those little spots off of the highway or road for a little extra curricular activity if you know what I mean :). Anyway getting back to this particular ride report…………..

After we both decided to do the run, I promptly inspected my motorcycle for anything loose; checked the air pressure in the tires; and checked the oil, while she packed the T-Bag for the run. The good thing about being together for so long is that she knows just what to pack for a run like this.

We planned the run for 4 days which was not set in stone. We could do an extra day or two if we wanted. I hate doing runs like this on a deadline. The best runs for me are spur of the moment with no time constraints. I will write more about this later.

I strapped the T-Bag onto the luggage rack on the back of the motorcycle and did some other prep work to get ready for the run, i.e. getting someone to cover for me at the office while I was away, notifying family and friends of where I was going, etc.

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I found an interesting link to pictures of celebrities on motorcycles. You can check out the pictures by clicking here now.

I am a Southern California native and always seem to be running into celebrities in the Los Angeles area, especially while riding in certain areas. I guess it is no surprise because here is where they all live and work. I am not one to name drop because I think it is in bad taste, but I can say this; there are a bunch of well known celebrity bikers and motorcyclist on the road out here; I run into them all of the time.

The link to the pictures that you can find here is not a true representation of my own experiences of running into celebrities while out on local runs, but it does show something; it shows that motorcycles maybe finally hitting the mainstream which can only help our cause for biker and motorcycle rights, at least I hope.

Some of the pictures in the link may be staged, but what the heck; if a celebrity wants to pose or ride on a motorcycle than motorcycles and bikers cannot be that bad right!

Help us out Hollywood.

By Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq., © 2007

Does everyone remember how the price of Gasoline decreased substantially before the last congressional elections? I wonder why that was. Does anybody think that maybe the Oil Companies were trying to influence the elections? If the price of gasoline and oil are truly market driven, how was it that gasoline prices managed to substantially fall close to the elections?

Since the last congressional elections Gasoline has gone up here in California about 80 cents a gallon. Regular unleaded gas is going for over $3.00 per gallon now, and premium is at about $3.20 per gallon. My Oldsmobile Aurora and Harley Davidson Electra Glide take Premium gasoline. I wonder why it is that I am paying 80 cents more per gallon than I was just a few months ago.

The past couple of years the oil companies have been raking in record profits at the expense of all Americans. Big Oil’s greed is ruining our economy at all levels. We are an energy driven economy. The price of oil and gasoline is directly proportional to the price of everything else we buy. We can expect the price for everything to go up, people to lose their jobs, and a potential recession to spring up due to the cost of gas in our nation.

I have read the same bullshit excuses for the price increases that the Oil companies always use i.e. some refining plants are down for maintenance; summer is coming so demand is up, etc. It is not even spring yet!

Oil companies are in fact monopolies. A monopoly is a company or market where there is not true competition because only one or a few companies control the market.

I am not going to make the article boring by writing about what the history of the laws that have been enacted to break up monopolies such as the John D. Rockefeller “Standard Oil” monopoly on the early 1900’s, or the “AT&T” (ma bells) breakup in the 1980’s, or even the monopoly charges involving Microsoft. Monopolies are the bane of capitalism.

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